Business / Economy

KEKA Pulls Out of Truckers Parade, Asks Others to Step Up

by Kimberly Wear on September 13, 2019 at 1:09PM

KEKA has announced the radio station will no longer present the annual Truckers Christmas Parade and is encouraging another business or community organization to take up the mantle. A release states that issues, including rising costs, declining participation and increased liability, led to the “difficult decision.”

Best Of Buyer Beware

by Thadeus Greenson on August 27, 2019 at 1:04PM

It has come to our attention that someone is making the rounds, calling winners of our Best of Humboldt contest and trying to sell them pricey plaques celebrating the victory. We want you all to know that someone is not us.

'The Bay is Back in Business' After Dredging

by Kimberly Wear on August 19, 2019 at 1:38PM

The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Conservation and Recreation District announced today that shipping restrictions have been lifted after roughly 1.1 million cubic yards of sediment were removed from the Humboldt Bay entrance channel. During the winter, “significant sediment deposits” accumulated near buoy No. 9, which caused “extremely dangerous shoaling conditions" and the closure of Humboldt Bay to commercial shipping, according to the district.

Coastal Commission: If Trinidad Rancheria Can Find Water, it Can Build its Hotel

by Elaine Weinreb on August 10, 2019 at 8:29AM

The California Coastal Commission went against the recommendation of its staff Thursday and gave the Trinidad Rancheria the go-ahead — or a “conditional concurrence” — to build a five-story hotel on its property off Scenic Drive south of the city. This means that the Coastal Commission, which is tasked by law with protecting the California coastline, will not stand in the way of the Bureau of Indian Affairs granting the Rancheria a lease and a loan guarantee so that the project can start.

Trinidad Rancheria Believes it May Have Found Water Source for Hotel Project; Sundberg May Have Violated State Lobbying Law

by Thadeus Greenson on July 30, 2019 at 12:46PM

At the 11th hour, with a hearing looming before the California Coastal Commission next week, the Trinidad Rancheria believes it may have found a water source for its proposed hotel development on Scenic Drive. The commission is set to meet Aug. 8 in Eureka, two months after a divided commission voted 6-3 in San Diego to object to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ determination that the project was consistent with the protections laid out in the California Coastal Act.

Rita's Restaurants Hit with ABC Fines; One Liquor License Sold at Auction

by Thadeus Greenson on July 27, 2019 at 3:27PM

Pimentel did not respond to Journal messages seeking comment, but it seems the popular Eureka restaurant’s tax problems are extensive. The notice of auction prepared by the state notes that the establishment owed more than $323,000 in delinquent taxes, more than $92,000 in interest and $85,000 in penalties, for a total outstanding balance of $502,567.98.

No Service: The Removal of a Long-Unpopular Cell Tower on Trinidad Head Poses Connectivity Issues

by Elaine Weinreb on July 24, 2019 at 9:37AM

Usually few people attend Trinidad Planning Commission meetings but on July 17 the big room at Trinidad Town Hall was packed. Word had gotten out that AT&T wanted to build a “temporary” 75-foot tower on a church-owned property in the middle of a residential neighborhood on Berry Road.

Huffman Helps Pass Minimum Wage Bill; Legislation DOA in Republican Senate

by Thadeus Greenson on July 19, 2019 at 1:49PM

North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman joined a majority of his House colleagues this morning in voting to gradually increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an to $15 an hour over the next six years. If approved by the Senate and signed by the president (both of which seem unlikely), the legislation would increase wages for as many as 27 million Americans and potentially lift 1.3 million families out of poverty, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office.

Coastal Commission to Re-hear Trinidad Hotel Project in August

by Thadeus Greenson on July 19, 2019 at 9:38AM

The California Coastal Commission will again consider whether the hotel development proposed by the Trinidad Rancheria on the bluffs above Scenic Drive is consistent with state coastal protections when the commission meets in Eureka next month. On June 12, an obviously conflicted commission voted 6-3 to object to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ determination that the project is consistent with the California Coastal Act, largely due to questions surrounding where the hotel will get its water from.

Coastal Commission Laments Timeline, 'Objects' to Trinidad Hotel Project

by Thadeus Greenson on June 13, 2019 at 10:48AM

After Commissioner Donne Brownsey’s motion to support staff’s recommendation that the commission should object to the BIA’s determination that the project was consistent with the Coastal Act was seconded, Padilla again lamented that the commission couldn’t postpone a vote on the issue until August. “Why isn’t someone from BIA who is in fact in power to make this decision here today?” he asked.

North Coast Journal

News Blog

» topic: Business / Economy